THought this might be of interest. Lorcan
Lorcan Dempsey <URL:http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/~lisld/>
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Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 16:37:04 MET
From: Jola Prinsen <[log in to unmask]>
Reply-To: Former participants and lecturers of the Ticer International
Summer School on the Digital Library <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Libraries determine their position towards publishers
Dear participants and lecturers,
For your information:
The Dutch scientific libraries together with a large number of German
university libraries have decided to take a joint stand in the
negotiations with publishers. The libraries have determined premises
for entering into electronic licencing agreements and they will be
forming consortia to that end. Against the monopolization of the
publishing world, which has recently reached a new height with the
merger of Reed Elsevier and Wolters Kluwer, the libraries are setting
a far-reaching, supranational form of cooperation. The libraries have
developed Licencing Principles that will be used from now on as
guidelines in their negotiations with publishers.
More information on this can be found on the web site of Tilburg
University Library. The exact URL of a press release on this subject
is http://cwis.kub.nl/~dbi/cwis_eng/persbukb.htm (English version)
and http://cwis.kub.nl/~dbi/cwis/persbukb.htm (Dutch version). You
can also find the licencing principles here.
More information can be given by:
J.D. Gilbert, librarian of the University of Maastricht,
tel.: +31-43 - 388 3404
J.P.J. Geleijnse, librarian of Tilburg University,
tel.: +31-13 - 466 2121
A.C. Klugkist, librarian of Groningen University,
tel.: +31-50 - 3635005
The Licensing Principles can also be obtained via the secretariat of
the UKB Consortium, e-mail address: [log in to unmask] (class of
1997!).
I thought you might be interested to read this.
Have a nice weekend!
Jola Prinsen
Manager Ticer B.V.
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